Ectopic granule cells of the rat dentate gyrus

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 14-27

  Scharfman, Helen ^a,b   Goodman, Jeffrey ^b   McCloskey, Daniel ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b HELEN HAYES HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Calbindin; Epilepsy; Hilus; Hippocampus; Neurogenesis; Neuronal migration; PROX1; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; CELL COUNT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL STRUCTURE; DENDRITE; DENTATE GYRUS; ECTOPIC GRANULE CELL; ECTOPIC TISSUE; GRANULE CELL; LUNG HILUS; MAMMAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; SHORT SURVEY; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CHORISTOMA; DENDRITES; DENTATE GYRUS; EPILEPSY; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33845585428     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096208     Document Type: Short Survey

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